Tour Overview
| Tour Code | 1d-sh-01 |
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| Departure Date | 15 August 2009 ~ |
| Special Price | $88 Private Tour per Person |
Tour Highlights
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Tour Summary
| Itinerary | Destinations | Today's Activities | Comments |
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| Pick Up | Traveler's hotel | Pick up around 7:30a.m.- 8:00a.m.
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Pick-up from hotel |
| Jade Buddha Temple | A Buddhist temple located less than a mile from downtown Shanghai | About 40 minutes' tour | |
| Oriental Pearl TV Tower | Located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Shanghai | About 40 minutes' tour | |
| Nanjing Road | Located in the city center | About 40 minutes' tour | |
| Lunch | Downtown restaurant | Chinese lunch
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Lunch included |
| The Bund | Running along the western bank of the Huangpu River | About 40 minutes' tour | |
| Pudong New Area | Lying in the east of Shanghai and at the east edge of the Yangtze River Delta | About 40 minutes' tour | |
| Yuyuan Garden | A famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. | About 40 minutes' tour | |
| Drive back | Traveler's hotel | Drive back around 6:00p.m.
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Drop-off at hotel |
Description
| 1 person | 2-5 persons | 6-9 persons | |
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| Price (per person) | 144 | 88 | 44 |
Price Inclusions
- All domestic transportation within China as per itineraries;
- Hotel accommodation as per itinerary based on two people sharing one room;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary: with daily western breakfasts; daily lunches and/or dinners at local finest restaurants;
- Entrance fees of sightseeing and show as listed in the itinerary;
- Excellent individual English speaking guide & driver;
- Luggage handling and transfers from airport to hotel and vice versa;
- Private air-conditioned car or van for land transportation;
- Two bottles of mineral water per day;
- Government taxes.
Price Exclusions
- International and domestic airfare not included in the itinerary;
- Personal expenses;
- Excess baggage expense;
- Any meals that are not indicated in the itinerary;
- Tips to guides or drivers;
- Insurance fees;
- Visa fees.
Tour Day By Day Itinerary
Day by Day Itinerary
- » Traveler's hotel
- The guide picks you up at the hotel between 7:30a.m. - 8:00a.m., and you start a colorful trip of Shanghai, the world famous metropolis.
- » A Buddhist temple located less than a mile from downtown Shanghai
- Today enjoy a rich trip beginning with the Jade Buddha Temple. Built in 1918, in the style of the Song Dynasty, the temple houses two valuable jade statues - the Sitting Buddha and the Recumbent Buddha.
Jade Buddha Temple Jade Buddha Temple(Yu Fo Si) situated in the northwest near the intersection of Anyuan Lu and Jiangning Lu, the temple is an active one, attracting large numbers of visitors, both ...
- » Located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Shanghai
- Explore the landmark of Shanghai - the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It is the highest TV Tower in Asia and is the third highest one in the world. The Oriental Pearl Tower is a multifunctional body with sight-seeing. restaurant, shopping, entertainment, hotel, radio and TV transmissions. Take an elevator up to the tower for spectacular views of the city.
Oriental Pearl TV Tower The Oriental Pearl Tower is a multifunctional body with sightseeing, restaurant, shopping, entertainment, hotel, and radio and TV transmissions. It has already become one of the sy ...
- » Located in the city center
- Stroll around in Shanghai's most famous thoroughfare - the Nanjing Road. Modern old stores line alongside street and many tourists jostle to have their pictures taken at the Nanjing Road sculpture.
Nanjing Road As a major hotspot for travelers in Shanghai, this street is a paradise of top-tier shopping, and renowned commercial center.
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- » Downtown restaurant
- Have a typical Chinese lunch. Then continue the tour.
- » Running along the western bank of the Huangpu River
- Move on to the Bund. Ramble along the Bund which stretches one mile along the western bank of the Huangpu River. The Bund houses 52 buildings of various architectural styles, which has been regarded as one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai.
The Bund With its name given to Shanghai's waterfront area, meaning literally 'muddy embankment' in Anglo-Indian, the Bund became the city's first foreign street.
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- » Lying in the east of Shanghai and at the east edge of the Yangtze River Delta
- Drive to the Pudong New Area to experience the modernized Shanghai. Pudong New Area enjoys a skyline including the symbolic Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Jin Mao Building, and the Shanghai World Financial Centre, reflective of Shanghai and China's rapid economic development.
Pudong New Area Used to be a vast farmland where the locals grew vegetables and planted fruits, the place now has become the fastest economically developed international area in China with looming ...
- » A famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai.
- Appreciate the Yuyuan Garden - one of the traditional Chinese private gardens in Shanghai. Yuyuan Garden has the exquisite layout, beautiful scenery, and the artistic style of architectures. It has been regarded as a crystallization of the Chinese garden culture.
Yuyuan Garden Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. The garden was finished in 1577 by a government officer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) named Pan Yunduan ...
- » Traveler's hotel
- After the trip is over, drive back to your hotel.
Travler's FAQ & Tips
Weather
- What should we need to know when visiting Shanghai in different seasons?
- What's the best season for traveling there?
Transportation
Food
- What's the specialty of Shanghai cuisine?
- What are the must-eat Shanghai snacks? And what to notice?
Shopping
Travel
Other Hints
What should we need to know when visiting Shanghai in different seasons?
The four seasons are easy to tell apart. The weather is pleasant, and the number of all kinds of products is large in Spring and Autumn.
Every June and July is the mold rain season, so it is usually humid in hotel rooms. Umbrella is a necessary thing to bring with during the rainy weather.
The coldest time is from late January to early February. Even though there is not much snow, warm clothes are still needed, because cold wind is always unendurable. Hotel rooms are equipped with air-conditions, so please stay warm in the room.
It is usually super hot in July and August. Weather with higher than 35 C usually stays for about ten days, so that prevention from overheat is very necessary.
What's the best season for traveling there?
After humid mold rain season and cold winter, there comes the Spring with blooming flowers, or the Autumn with falling red leaves, which are the best the seasons for trevaling.
What about the transportation between Shanghai and its surrounding cities?
Travel line in the east China includes Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It usually takes about 2C3 hours to travel between cities. Medicine that prevents car-sickness is necessary.
Multi-city traveling usually requires travelers to put up each night in different cities. Please take care of your belongings when checking out.
What's the specialty of Shanghai cuisine?
Shanghai cuisine is a mixture of five different cuisines and western food. Apart from its local food, it also has Beijing cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Yangzhou cuisine, Chaozhou Cuisine, Anhui Cuisine and vegetarian cuisine, etc.
Of course, Italian food, Russian food, French food, Vietnamese food, Korean food and Japanese food can also be found in Shanghai.
Local people like food with light seasoning and light sweetness. Rice is their main food. People that like strong seasoning can prepare their own seasonings.
Travelers with special needs please give us notice before hand, so we can prepare for you earlier according to your requirements.
What are the must-eat Shanghai snacks? And what to notice?
Shanghai Nanxiang Dumplings, Crab Roe Dumplings, Steamed Dumplings Filled with Minced Meat and Gravy, Fermented Rice with Pigeon Eggs, Rib Rice Cakes, Eggs Boiled with Five Ingredients, Five Ingredients Beans, etc. There are a lot of delicious local food.
Please mind the sanitation when enjoying the tasty food.
Where is the most famous area for shopping here?
The shopping heaven in Shanghai is Nanjing Road. It has a name of 'the number one shopping street in China.' Now all kinds of stores have been opened by all kinds of business people. There are not only old stores that have hundreds of years, but also modern shopping malls like Friendship Europe Shopping Mall, Mancton Square, HUalian Shopping Center, etc.
Huaihai Road is as famous as Nanjing Road. Shopping malls are standing at each side of the road: Guangna World Center, Paris Spring, Meimei Shopping Center, Parkson, etc. World famous brand can all be found in the shopping malls, which make Shanghai a shopping center of world class.
Sichuan North Road's stores offer reasonable prices, which attracts a lot of common people. Xizangzhong Road had developed food and travel industry.
Where can we visit on our spare time?
Shanghai is where Chinese movie originated. It is also where a lot of international movie festivals take place. There are world-class theaters. Famous movies and latest movies can all be found in Shanghai's movie theaters.
Huanyi Movie Theather on Nanjing West Road, Yongle Palace on Anfu Road are the most famous movie theathers in Shanghai.
You can also go to teahouse. Different from traditional teahouse, the teahouse in Shanghai adds more modern atmosphere that attracts more and more young people.
New theme parks and amusement parks in Shanghai are good choices too. Modern equipments and beautiful natural scenes will bring you to the ideal land.
How about Shanghai's nightlife?
Bars, KTV and DISCO are indispensable in a busy city like Shanghai. Beautiful lights are like the reflection of the stars, lightening the whole city and bring the city endless liveliness.
Blue Belt Night Club, Night Paris and the famous Big World are all well known and loved by young people. Dancing people and fragrant martini will make you forget about tiredness and start to enjoy the charm of Shanghai city.
How many airports does Shanghai have?
There are two international airports in Shanghai, which are Hongqiao Aireport and Pudong International Airport.
Hundreds of airlines are in service, which can reach to every big and medium city in China and some cities in each country.
Air traffic is very convenient. Pudong International Airport is mainly for international airlines, while Hongqiao Airport is mainly for national airlines.
What is the city code of Shanghai?
Shanghai's area code: 021
